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Ellison called cloud computing "complete gibberish" and "insane," dismissing it as merely a marketing term. He argued that a "cloud" was simply a network of com
by throwmeaway222 1y ago
Ellison called cloud computing "complete gibberish" and "insane," dismissing it as merely a marketing term. He argued that a "cloud" was simply a network of computers.
in 2008
- ysofunny 1y agocloud compute business has turned into real state. the market seems to think he was correct at this moment
- inemesitaffia 1y agoDefinitely still true
- dijit 1y agoI mean, he’s not entirely wrong. He just underestimated how much a combined marketing spend from three of the largest companies can convince people that an API is enough to justify extremely slow hardware at a 5-10x markup.
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- dismalaf 1y agoHe's not wrong about what it is, "cloud" literally is just marketing jargon for someone else's network of computers...
- wmf 1y agoClearly he's willing to change his mind. I guess you aren't. (And AWS was pretty overhyped in 2008.)
- throwmeaway222 1y agoI just loved the juxtaposition!